7th Grade Final exam Flashcards
Descriptive or Limiting Adjective
My shoes are red.
Adjective = red
Descriptive
Descriptive or Limiting Adjective
Her father is a smart guy.
Adjective = smart
Descriptive
Descriptive or Limiting Adjective
We have fifteen cats.
Adjective = fifteen
Limiting
Descriptive or Limiting Adjective
What do you think of her new car?
Adjective = new
Descriptive
Descriptive or Limiting Adjective
Yesterday I read a good book.
Adjective = good
Descriptive
Predicate or Demonstrative Adjective
She looks tired.
Adjective = tired
Predicate
What are the demonstrative adjectives?
This, that, these, those
Predicate or Demonstrative Adjective
Those leaves will change colors soon.
Adjective = those
Demonstrative
Predicate or Demonstrative Adjective
I can’t get to that project until next Tuesday.
Adjective = that
Demonstrative
Predicate or Demonstrative Adjective
Doug felt bad about Mary’s fall.
Adjective = bad
Predicate
Predicate or Demonstrative Adjective
Oranges are plentiful in Florida.
Adjective = plentiful
Predicate
Positive, Comparative, or Superlative Adjective
You are the nicest person in class.
Adjective = nicest
Superlative
What is an adjective?
A word used to describe nouns.
Positive, Comparative, or Superlative Adjective
Bob can run faster than I can.
Adjective = faster
Comparative
Positive, Comparative, or Superlative Adjective
Adam’s assignment is more unusual than Joan’s.
Adjective = more unusual
Comparative
Positive, Comparative, or Superlative Adjective
Mom’s dinner tonight was tasty.
Adjective = tasty
Positive
Positive, Comparative, or Superlative Adjective
Her hair is the most bizarre thing I have ever seen.
Adjective = most bizarre
Superlative
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[fast] Patricia can run ________ of all.
the fastest
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[fast] Patricia can run ________ than Roger.
faster
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[sloppily] Tom paints _______ than Todd.
more sloppily
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[sloppily] Tom paints ________ of all the painters.
most sloppily
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[loudly] The Saints’ fans cheered ________ than the other fans.
more loudly
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[loudly] In fact, they cheer ________ of any fans in the NFL.
most loudly
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[responsibly] Sheila acts ________ than anyone else.
more responsibly
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[responsibly] She certainly acts ________ than her sister.
more responsibly
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[impulsively] June behaves ________ around Jill than she does around her other friends.
more impulsively
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[impulsively] June behaves ________ when she and her friend go shopping.
most impulsive
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[sadly] The Redmonds reacted ________ to the news when everybody heard it.
most sadly
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[sadly] They reacted ________ than their neighbors.
more sadly
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[aggressively] Mr. Smith campaigned the ________ of all the candidates.
most aggressively
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[aggressively] Mr. Smith campaigned ________ than Ms. Jones.
more aggressively
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[cautiously] Sal drives ________ than Sam.
more cautiously
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative form
[desperately] The fireman tried even ________ to extinguish the fire after he heard the voice calling out.
more desperately
Abnormal
not usual
Capsize
Turn to bottom side up
Catastrophe
A large scale disaster
Decrease
To become or make less, a lessening
Disputatious
Inclined to argue or debate
Evict
To force out from a property, eject
Flourish
To grow, thrive, a dramatic gesture
Incentive
A reason for doing something
Insubordinate
Disobedient, rebellious
Legible
Easily read
Nub
The central point or heart of a matter, a knob
Onslaught
A violent attack, a sudden rush of something
Ordain
To establish by law, to appoint as priest or minister
Outstrip
To get ahead of, do better than, exceed
Pervade
To spread throughout
Prudent
Cautious, careful, showing good sense